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When Presidents can't wait and act on their own

...seven presidents, which one issued, by a large margin, the most executive orders per year?Answer: Jimmy Carter. Gerald Ford is second, Ronald Reagan is third, Bill Clinton is fourth, and George H.W. Bush is fifth. George W. Bush and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-02-26/when-presidents-can
Guest Columns
Brainerd's park system going to the dogs

...his White House service during World War II. What about Liberty or Bo, who were the loyal companions of President Gerald Ford and President Barack Obama? Brainerd's Gregory Park was named after J. Gregory Smith, a president of the Northern...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-05/brainerds-park-system-going-dogs
News
Poverty, inequality aren't as bad as U.S. government says

...work even better.One option is to strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit. It began under one Republican president (Gerald Ford), was improved by another (Ronald Reagan), and was made refundable by a Democrat (Bill Clinton) - in each case...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-09-21/poverty-inequality-
Guest Columns
The eligibility to vote must be airtight

...lived at the time. Subsequently, James related how he could not remember whom he voted for or why, that he thought Gerald Ford was either on the ballot or elected as president, and that he "was made to vote or else."James, and others like...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-08-10/eligibility-vote-mu
Guest Columns
Obama's mythical political skills

...not-so-liberal Arkansas. The two recent presidents who most resemble Obama in not having had to prove themselves in this way are Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Neither is a happy portent, both having lost re- election bids. A talented politician...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2011-10-25/obama%E2%80%99s-mythical-politica
Opinion
Perry says eliminate 3 agencies, can't name them

...Al Gore's audible sighs in 2000 to Michael Dukakis' tepid answer about the death penalty in 1988. A statement by Gerald Ford in a 1976 presidential debate is among the most memorable, however. Ford famously baffled audiences when he said...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-11-09/perry-says-eliminate-3-age
Political
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011

...Carey, 92. A former New York governor who saved New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s, staring down President Gerald Ford in the process. Aug. 7. Marshall Grant, 83. The last surviving member of Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two who...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-16/final-goodbye-roll-call-some-who-die
News
Iran's big nuclear news

...agreement with South Africa in return for supplies of enriched uranium fuel from South Africa and Namibia.President Gerald Ford signed a directive offering Teheran the chance to buy and operate a U.S.-built reprocessing facility for the complete 'nuclear...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-02-15/irans-big-nuclear-n
Guest Columns
A successful second act

...returned to Harvard University, his reputation not enhanced.More striking was Donald Rumsfeld, a powerful figure in the Gerald Ford administration, including a stint as defense secretary, and an influential Republican national security voice for...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2011-06-27/successful-second-act
Opinion
Elliot Richardson dies in Boston at 79

...secretary of health, education and welfare, secretary of defense and under secretary of state. During the presidency of Gerald Ford he was ambassador to Great Britain and secretary of commerce. In the 1960s he was attorney general of Massachusetts...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010100/new_0101000006.shtml
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